At Apex Timber Buildings, every custom build starts with a conversation — usually with Steve, who owns the business, designs the buildings, and leads the team that builds and installs them. From your first call to the day we leave your garden, you’re dealing with the same people who actually make the thing.
We’re based in Middlesbrough, and we work right across Teesside, County Durham and North Yorkshire. If you’re within reach of us, you’re within reach of a truly bespoke timber building — one designed around your garden, not the other way around
What we build is what makes us different
Custom garden rooms and timber buildings across Teesside
Whether you’ve got a clear vision or just a rough idea, we can help shape it into something real. Some of the custom builds we do most often include:
Garden Rooms & Home Offices A properly insulated, fully finished garden room that works year-round as a place to work, study or just get away from the house. Built to your dimensions, not ours.
Hot Tub Canopies & Garden Bars If you want somewhere to actually enjoy your garden — whatever the weather — we can design something around that too. We’ve built everything from simple canopies to full walk-in garden bar setups.
Bespoke Sheds & Workshops Need a workshop that actually works for how you use it? We’ll design around your tools, your workflow and your space — not around a catalogue page.
Odd-Shaped & One-Off Builds Sometimes there’s no category for what a customer needs. That’s fine. Some of our best work has come from a conversation that started with “I don’t even know if this is possible, but…”
Just have a look at some of the builds below, and call us with your challenge.
Got a tricky garden? Good. We love those
Not every garden is a neat rectangle with a flat lawn and plenty of room to play with. Most aren’t, in fact.
Over the years, Steve and the team have built garden rooms and timber buildings into:
- Narrow side passages and tight corners
- L-shaped gardens and split-level plots
- Spaces with odd angles, low fences or overhanging trees
- Gardens where access is so tight, most builders wouldn’t bother
If you’ve already been told “it won’t work” or you’re not sure what’s even possible in your space, that’s exactly the kind of challenge we enjoy. We’ll come out, take a look, and tell you honestly what we can do — and more often than not, the answer surprises people.
No space is too small, too narrow or too irregular. We just design the building to fit it.
Still wondering whether to contact us?
Designed, built and installed by us. Not a template in sight.
A lot of garden building companies are essentially resellers. They take a standard design, maybe tweak a few dimensions, and send a crew you’ve never spoken to before.
At Apex, it works differently. Steve Hayden has been designing and building timber structures for years. He runs the business, designs every custom build, and works alongside the team at our Middlesbrough workshop to make sure every building that leaves us is built properly. When we install at your home, it’s the same team who built it.
There are no off-the-shelf templates. No catalogue to flick through and pick from. Just a conversation about what you want, what your space allows, and how we can make it work.
That’s why customers come back to us for their second and third buildings. And it’s why reviews like “if only all businesses were this good” keep appearing.
